The Origins of Love and Hate: Ian D. Suttie

Issues of love and hate underpin our work as psychiatrists and psychotherapists, informing our attitudes and decisions. Stories of love and hate abound with our patients, perhaps even more starkly now than in the clinics of Suttie's day, with increasingly common revelations of childhood physica...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 1995-03, Vol.166 (3), p.406-408
Main Authors: Campling, Penelope, Morton, Mary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abuse
Books Reconsidered
Child abuse & neglect
Child sexual abuse
Childhood
Children
Columns
Extremes
Hate
Love
Nurses
Nursing
Patients
Psychiatrists
Psychotherapists
Sabotage
Sexual abuse
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Summary:Issues of love and hate underpin our work as psychiatrists and psychotherapists, informing our attitudes and decisions. Stories of love and hate abound with our patients, perhaps even more starkly now than in the clinics of Suttie's day, with increasingly common revelations of childhood physical and sexual abuse, often perpetrated by parents. Helping patients to deal with extremes of love and hate is fundamental to the process as well as the content of therapy, and even the most biologically-minded colleagues must at times wonder why particular patients sabotage every attempt to care for them, why some patients attract superhuman efforts from nursing staff, and why some patients seem to get under our skin when others leave us feeling cold and unsympathetic.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/S0007125000184090